- Joined
- May 21, 2007
- Location
- Bristol/Southampton
I never really gave it much thought before, but I produced all my tunes in A minor, as it was easy on the keys coz it has no accidentals.
But when I played some of my tunes out on a CD deck mixed with some vinyl it didn't really harmonically sit right in the mix compared to most other tunes.
So I checked on Chemical Records with the harmonic mixing key and found a lot of dnb tunes were in G minor, so transposed all my songs down a tone, burnt a new disc and tried again but the same thing happened.
This was especially bad when mixing with subfocus - x-ray as it's in G# Minor, and melodies with a semitone difference clash horribily.
Sorry it sounds so complex, just wondering if any producers who play out their tunes have any tips or suggestions.
Cheers
But when I played some of my tunes out on a CD deck mixed with some vinyl it didn't really harmonically sit right in the mix compared to most other tunes.
So I checked on Chemical Records with the harmonic mixing key and found a lot of dnb tunes were in G minor, so transposed all my songs down a tone, burnt a new disc and tried again but the same thing happened.
This was especially bad when mixing with subfocus - x-ray as it's in G# Minor, and melodies with a semitone difference clash horribily.
Sorry it sounds so complex, just wondering if any producers who play out their tunes have any tips or suggestions.
Cheers